. The Street railway journal . ide diam-eter of the firebrick flue is 8 , and the top of the stackis 121 ft. 2 ins. above the stationfloor. The outside diameter at thebottom is 18 ft. 10 ins., and the wallsare carried up with a batter of one intwenty-four. The generating equipment of thestation is composed of two direct-current u its. The larger of theseconsists of a Pennsylvania IronWorks cross-compound condensingCorliss engine, 32 ins. and 52 ins. x48 ins., directly driving, at 80 r. p. m.,an 850-kw General Electric 525-575-volt multipolar generator. The smallerengine, built by
. The Street railway journal . ide diam-eter of the firebrick flue is 8 , and the top of the stackis 121 ft. 2 ins. above the stationfloor. The outside diameter at thebottom is 18 ft. 10 ins., and the wallsare carried up with a batter of one intwenty-four. The generating equipment of thestation is composed of two direct-current u its. The larger of theseconsists of a Pennsylvania IronWorks cross-compound condensingCorliss engine, 32 ins. and 52 ins. x48 ins., directly driving, at 80 r. p. m.,an 850-kw General Electric 525-575-volt multipolar generator. The smallerengine, built by the St. Louis Ironi February 20, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. & Machine Works, has cylinder dimensions of 18 ins. and 38ins. x 42 ins., and is of the cross-compound Corliss condensing,heavy duty type. It is direct-connected to a 600-kw Westing- triplex Edwards type, is driven through gearing by an 18-hp500-volt Bullock motor, both motors being controlled by Cutler-Hammer starting boxes. The discharge from the air pump is. FIG. 29.—ENGINE AND BOILER ROOM IN MAIN POWER HOUSE house 550-volt, direct-current generator, which it drives at100 r. p. m. Cooling water for the condenser system is obtained from thebay, being impounded at high tide by means of a flood gate.
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